Pianist and composer Juan María Solare (b. Buenos Aires, 1966) is one of those musicians that open scarcely travelled paths: his music traces a line that subtly connects art music with light music and instrumental sound with electronics. He studied with Kagel, Fritsch, Lachenmann, Stockhausen. Genres: neoclassical music, chamber music, orchestra, also tango and film music. Solare teaches at the university of Bremen and at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen. He has given piano recitals in Argentina, Germany, London, Istanbul, Scandinavia. He is also the editor of four piano albums for Ricordi (Universal Music, Berlin) and a fifth for Peters Verlag (Leipzig). He also conducts the orchestra of the Bremer Orchestergemeinschaft. Twice (in 2022 and 2023) he was awarded the grant 'Neustart Kultur' from the Germany Council of the Music. His music has reached over 25 million streams on Spotify. In his free time, he plays chess online. (www.juanmariasolare.com)